Throughout humanity's progress, there has always been a need to become superior in tactics and technology to an adversary. It didn't take long for humans to discover the effective and deadly tactic of bioterrorism, which is the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs used to cause disease or death in people, animals, or plants. As time goes by, everything related to bioterrorism becomes more and more sophisticated, making it very difficult to fight it. By examining the history of bioterrorism, one can discover how military forces use this deadly weapon. We will first discuss the first known use of bioterrorism, in the 6th century BC The Assyrians used ergot to poison the Israelites' water supply. The goal was to infect the enemy with ergotism which created symptoms such as hallucinations, gastrointestinal disorders, and even the development of gangrene on the fingers and toes due to massive vasoconstriction. What the Assyrians did not realize was that for the poisoning to be successful enough to show any sign of infection, the poisoning had to be chronic, which was not the case in this case. Therefore the first episode of bioterrorism was unsuccessful. In the same century, a very similar case of bioterrorism occurred. In the year 585 BC, the siege of Kirrha (“the first sacred war”) raged in Greece. The city of Kirrha controlled all the lands from the city of Delphi to the Gulf of Corinth. The cause of the war was Kirrha's constant abuse of power by taxing and tolling pilgrims traveling to Delphi. With the help of the Amphictyonic League, the citizens of Delphi rebelled against Kirrha. One of the tactics used against them has been the poisoning of their water supplies with hellebore, a...... middle of paper ......c has not yet been harvested, and will be harvested this week [he was out of the office last week]) In the beginning groups of people used plants to take control of cities, and since that day bioterrorism has not stopped evolving, and will never stop evolving. Every day new technologies, new protocols, new vaccines and even new diseases are produced. I've shown you where bioterrorism came from and the path it has taken to get to where it is today, and I've also given you an idea of ​​where it might go in the future. But until we actually get to the time in the future when we can see it with our own eyes, we will never know for sure. Works Cited (Considering it's already a week late, I thought it would be irresponsible to take more time to do this page, but I'll do it within the week anyway) Works Cited Forgot to Do